"To ensure food security ... it is essential to develop more flood- and drought-tolerant crop varieties." Floods devastate ...

The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has requested the government to temporarily withdraw import duty on rice to increase the supply and, in turn, contain the price of this staple ...

Approval has been given for the import of enough daily necessities and fertilisers including rice, sugar, wheat for the month of Ramadan and there is enough funds allocated for the purpose, said ...

Elaborating about his social work, Hembrom said that during Covid times, he organised blood donation camps and helped people ...

The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has requested the government to temporarily withdraw import duty on rice to increase the supply and, in turn, contain the price of this staple ...

In response to a sharp fall in rice production caused by recent floods, the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has recommended removing the current import duty on rice to stabilise supply and ...

I eat rice multiple days a week — and used to exclusively make it in a pot on the stove. It’s a deceptively easy task: Measure, rinse, add water, simmer, steam, and less than half an hour ...

On 20 October, the NBR announced a reduction in the total tax burden on rice imports, lowering import duty from 25% to 15%, reducing the regulatory duty from 25% to 5%, and eliminating the 5% advance ...

Thousands of people from Bangladesh's Hindu community gathered at the Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong to demand rights and security from the interim government. The Sanatan Jagran Manch, on Friday ...

The Bangladesh Sanatan Jagran Manch, representing followers of Sanatan Dharma, declared plans for a "long march" toward Dhaka amid challenges faced by the Hindu community The platform announced the ...